A 42-foot long humpback whale washed ashore in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning.
The whale washed up on a beach not far from the Marblehead line.
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"NOAA called. I was told that the whale that was already here at one point is now back," Considine said. "Looks like it's the same whale."
He said the whale's carcass is half decayed, and he's hoping the tide will take it back out. If not, he said they'll have to assemble a team to tow the whale back out to sea.